04 November 07 - 23:26Model letter for supporting the students of Allameh Tabatabai College
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
PresidentThe PresidencyPalestine Avenue, Azerbaijan
IntersectionTehranIslamic Republic
of Iran(enter date) November 2007
Dear Mr President
I am writing to you in order to protest against the
treatment of students at Allameh Tabatabai Communication Sciences and Sociology College
in Tehran.
Students from this College were subjected to attacks by the College security
guards, uniformed and plain-clothes security offers, as well as basiji
elements.
The violence, many arrests, and the detention of Arman
Sedaghati and Maziar Samiee, were your government's response to the students'
peaceful protest for the following basic democratic demands:
- To protest against the severe sentences passed against
three Amir Kabir University
student activists;
- the barring of a number of students from that university
and other universities in Tehran
from their studies;
- the sacking of independent lecturers;
- the permanent or ...
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04 November 07 - 21:43Report on the students' gathering at the Allameh Tabatabai Communication Sciences and Sociology College
To protest against the severe sentences passed against three
Amir Kabir University student activists; the barring of a number of students
from that university and other universities in Tehran from their studies; the sacking
of independent lecturers; the permanent or temporary banning of students'
independent journals and creating a police atmosphere at universities; today,
Tuesday 30 October, a gathering took place at the Allameh Tabatabai
Communication Sciences and Sociology College in Tehran.
Even before the gathering had begun the police atmosphere reigned
inside and outside the University. Initially a group of uniformed security and
plain-clothes officers had parked their vehicles a short distance from the College.
With such a show of force in front of the college, and the park opposite it,
they intended to intimidate the students and prevent their gathering from spreading
to outside the College. ...
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